I went to the Kmart store today just to pick up cat litter. They weren't busy. The young guy at a check out with no customers was on his cell phone. I went to the line next to him and another worker stated no one was waiting at his register. Didn't she see him on his phone? Then he checked my one item out. Never said thank you and when I looked back he was on the cell phone again texting. This keeps up they'll have no customers. I see a lot of texting at my work and it annoys me to no end. This is the first time I've seen a worker in a store doing so, especially at a register. What a mess.
Cell Phones/Texting Out of Hand
- Thread starter Kitties
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I've had that experience before with cashiers, it's very rude to the customer and unprofessional. They should be disciplined for doing that on company time, they can wait for their break...or get a job working at home where there's no contact with people. I wouldn't even do that as a customer, seen that too.
ClassicRockr
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It's just something that wasn't going on years ago, but TODAY, just have to get use to it. Doubt it will ever stop and, if you complain to management, your complaint most likely won't go anywhere. People just don't care. Now, there are stores that you can shop at that you most likely would never see that happen, like "higher end" stores at malls such as Sears and Penny's. Employee's at "higher end" stores seem to care more about customer service and how they personally look than those who work at Wal Mart, K-Mart, etc. Some employees at Wal Mart and K-Mart look like they had been working for a Carnival company running games or rides before they got the job at Wal Mart or K-Mart!
Falcon
DV8
- Location
- So. California
The only value I can see of "texting" is for people who are deaf.
For all others, I say, "GET A LIFE !"
For all others, I say, "GET A LIFE !"
I like technology but to have my face in a phone all the time like some younger people do, I wouldn't want. Like having the computer now but lived fine without it when I was young.
It probably will only get worse. I don't even see them enforcing the problem where I work.
It probably will only get worse. I don't even see them enforcing the problem where I work.
Mrs. Robinson
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- Location
- Nampa,Idaho
As a former employer,I feel really sorry for employers nowadays. Just think how many hours they are paying people to talk and text on their phones. Some just don`t really have a way to keep an eye on them every minute. At the shop where dh works,they have a rule "All cellphones are to be off during work hours". HA! That`s a joke. I see Facebook posts all day long by his coworker who does the same job dh does. Makes me mad that dh always has to carry the bigger load there because not only is he on his phone all the time,he`s out in the shop BSing with the guys out in the shop-so NONE of them are being productive. The boss is only now getting wise to what`s going on as he`s had to leave to take his wife to a few dr. appts. lately and is finding that no work is getting done while he`s gone. "Phone guy" is the one who is supposed to be keeping the guys out in the shop working but that`s not happening. He needs to give that job to dh-he doesn`t care who likes him or doesn`t-he`ll tell it like it is and get those guys working. Problem is,"phone guy" is married to their "adopted" daughter so they think the sun rises and sets on him.....
ClassicRockr
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Back in 2007, at a motel, I talked to a man at breakfast who had been in the Marines and decided to get out when he was an E-6/SSgt. He got his Honorable, started taking some college classes and got a job, but, as he told me "I found out that I couldn't stand how "kick-back" people were on the job I took. There sure wasn't any discipline like in the Corp!", he said. So, what did he do, he decided to enlist in the Army. Well, the Army found out he had taken some college classes and "low and behold" they gave him a Commission! He ended up retiring out of the Army as a Full-Bird Colonel! I figured, by that time, he was too old to look for a job in civilian life and had a nice enough income not to need one.
But, it was something else listening to him describe how people acted in the civilian job he had before going into the Army. And, from what I know from the years I was in the Navy, this retired Colonel was absolutely right about people in the civilian job sector. And, from what I understand, some companies don't want to hire military Veteran's b/c they aren't "laid-back" like the employees they have that have never been in the military. I know, when I was employed, I was pretty darn "structured" in the job I did. I hated having inventory counts off and would research my butt off to find out why I had to many or not enough! I had "discipline" in me! I wasn't the Supervisor, so I couldn't do anything about the person/persons who done a wrong count or gave to much or not enough in an issue of parts.
But, it was something else listening to him describe how people acted in the civilian job he had before going into the Army. And, from what I know from the years I was in the Navy, this retired Colonel was absolutely right about people in the civilian job sector. And, from what I understand, some companies don't want to hire military Veteran's b/c they aren't "laid-back" like the employees they have that have never been in the military. I know, when I was employed, I was pretty darn "structured" in the job I did. I hated having inventory counts off and would research my butt off to find out why I had to many or not enough! I had "discipline" in me! I wasn't the Supervisor, so I couldn't do anything about the person/persons who done a wrong count or gave to much or not enough in an issue of parts.